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CVSan officially broke ground June 1 for its new headquarters at the corner of Castro Valley Boulevard and Center Street. Popular Hayward shoe store to mark 65 years on June 11
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“In the hospital, we see patients who walk through the CASTRO VALLEY FORUM door with an illness, and at Castro Valley natives Ryan that point, we can only do so and Nick Allen have taken on much,” says Nick, 24. “ Our the extraordinary challenge mission with the non-profit is of preventing and treating to address preventive health illness—by raising money for care early on, to keep people preventive care and becoming from having to come to the doctors themselves. hospital in the first place. “We’ve felt inspired to do These are ‘upstream’ issues like getting nutritious food, this for quite a while,” says having access to health care, Ryan, 22. “We’re both med school students and every year getting exercise, and getting enough sleep. We raise money we do some sort of physical so we can help communities challenge to raise money for various healthcare-related pro- that need it.” grams we’ve got going on.” Through Zone 7: Beyond Ryan started a non-profit Health, which Ryan started about three years ago, the (Zone 7: Beyond Health) to brothers and a group of volhelp people avoid preventaunteers have provided health ble illnesses. He will join his screenings—such as blood tests brother Nick studying at the and blood pressure checks—for Mayo Clinic in Phoenix this year, where Nick is in his third underserved populations, see CARE on page 5 of four years. By Linda Sandsmark
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CVSan Breaks Ground By Linda Sandsmark
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Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) officially broke ground on June 1 for its new Operations and Engineering headquarters at the corner of Castro Valley Boulevard and Center Street.
“We are really looking forward to this being our new home,” said Naomi Lue, Zero Waste Supervisor. CVSan’s General Manager, Roland P. Williams, Jr., gave a brief history of the district, which was formed in 1939. In 1930 there were only 100 families in Castro see CVSAN on page 3
CVHS 2023 Graduates Express Hope, Change four National Merit Finalists, six Herculean Awards (given to those who have achieved seven or more varsity letters in A total of 667 graduating their four years), seven students Castro Valley High School receiving sports scholarships, seniors marched into Trojan Stadium last Friday to receive and more than 200 students who achieved a grade point their diplomas and celebrate average of 4.0 or higher. their accomplishments. The in-person and liveThe path to this event was streamed event was highlighted challenging, as this was the by speaker after speaker call- last class to experience the ing on the graduates to follow beginning of the COVID-19 their dreams. Parents, families, pandemic while in high school. and friends in the stands were The graduates now face hope, greeted with a diverse welcome excitement, and change. in more than 15 languages. “New beginnings are never This year’s graduating class easy. They require us to step PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SINGER received numerous awards and out of our comfort zones, face honors. The Class of 2023 saw see GRADUATES, back page A graduating senior gets a congratulatory handshake from a friend. By Michael Singer
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